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Figure Disembedding: The Gottschaldt's Hidden Figure Test in Children with Typical Development and Autism
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Conson, Massimiliano; Siciliano, Mattia; Trojano, Luigi; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi; Zappullo, Isa; Baiano, Chiara; Caputo, Giovanni; Russo, Alessandro; Cecere, Roberta; Cecere, Roberta; Di Rosa, Alessandro; Esposito, Giovanna; Milo, Rosa; Polito, Francesco; Rauso, Barbara; Vela, Maria; Santangelo, Gabriella – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
In two studies, we used the Gottschaldt's Hidden Figure Test (GHFT) for assessing figure disembedding ability in children aged 7-11. Study 1 demonstrated in a large sample of typically developing children that GHFT accuracy and time scores differed across age groups, without sex and socioeconomic differences. Thus, we provided normative data only…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Children, Accuracy, Scores
Semantic and Visuospatial Fluid Reasoning in School-Aged Autistic Children
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Danis, Eliane; Nader, Anne-Marie; Degré-Pelletier, Janie; Soulières, Isabelle – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
In light of the known visuoperceptual strengths and altered language skills in autism, we investigated the impact of problem content (semantic/visuospatial) combined with complexity and presence of lures on fluid reasoning in 43 autistic and 41 typical children (6-13 years old). Increased complexity and presence of lures diminished performance,…
Descriptors: Visual Perception, Language Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Semantics
Specific Global-Local Visual Processing Abilities Mediate the Influence of Non-Social Autistic-Like Traits on Mental Rotation
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Zappullo, Isa; Senese, Vincenzo Paolo; Milo, Rosa; Positano, Monica; Cecere, Roberta; Raimo, Gennaro; Conson, Massimiliano – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2023
Inconsistent data are available on mental rotation performance in neurotypicals with high autistic-like traits. Here, we tested whether global-local visual processing abilities mediate the influence of specific autistic-like trait domains (social skill, attention switching, attention-to-detail, communication, and imagination) on mental rotation.…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Accuracy, Cognitive Ability
Interoception Is Impaired in Children, but Not Adults, with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Nicholson, Toby; Williams, David; Carpenter, Katie; Kallitsounaki, Aimilia – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Interoception (the ability to sense what's going on inside one's body) is considered integral to many higher-order cognitive processes. Some have speculated that impaired interoception may underpin some features of ASD. Yet, in Experiment 1, we found no evidence of a between-group difference in either cardiac or respiratory interoceptive accuracy…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Physiology
Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Examining Metacognition in ASD Using Post-Decision Wagering
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Carpenter, Katie L.; Williams, David M.; Nicholson, Toby – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
It has been argued that metacognition and mindreading rely on the same cognitive processes (Carruthers in The opacity of mind: an integrative theory of self-knowledge, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011). It is widely accepted that mindreading is diminished among individuals diagnosed with autism (Brunsdon and Happé in Autism 18(1):17-30,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Cognitive Processes
Temporal Processing Instability with Millisecond Accuracy Is a Cardinal Feature of Sensorimotor Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Analysis Using the Synchronized Finger-Tapping Task
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Morimoto, Chie; Hida, Eisuke; Shima, Keisuke; Okamura, Hitoshi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
To identify a specific sensorimotor impairment feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), we focused on temporal processing with millisecond accuracy. A synchronized finger-tapping task was used to characterize temporal processing in individuals with ASD as compared to typically developing (TD) individuals. We found that individuals with ASD…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Perceptual Impairments, Psychomotor Skills
Metacognitive Awareness of Facial Affect in Higher-Functioning Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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McMahon, Camilla M.; Henderson, Heather A.; Newell, Lisa; Jaime, Mark; Mundy, Peter – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
Higher-functioning participants with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD) viewed a series of face stimuli, made decisions regarding the affect of each face, and indicated their confidence in each decision. Confidence significantly predicted accuracy across all participants, but this relation was stronger for participants with typical…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Human Body
Visual Processing in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Embedded Figures and Configural Superiority Tests
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Dillen, Claudia; Steyaert, Jean; Op de Beeck, Hans P.; Boets, Bart – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The embedded figures test has often been used to reveal weak central coherence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we administered a more standardized automated version of the embedded figures test in combination with the configural superiority task, to investigate the effect of contextual modulation on local feature…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Comparative Analysis
Perceiving Goals and Actions in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Zalla, Tiziana; Labruyère, Nelly; Georgieff, Nicolas – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2013
In the present study, we investigated the ability to parse familiar sequences of action into meaningful events in young individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), as compared to young individuals with typical development (TD) and young individuals with moderate mental retardation or learning disabilities (MLDs). While viewing two…
Descriptors: Autism, Mild Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Cognitive Processes
Right Temporoparietal Gray Matter Predicts Accuracy of Social Perception in the Autism Spectrum
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David, Nicole; Schultz, Johannes; Milne, Elizabeth; Schunke, Odette; Schöttle, Daniel; Münchau, Alexander; Siegel, Markus; Vogeley, Kai; Engel, Andreas K. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show hallmark deficits in social perception. These difficulties might also reflect fundamental deficits in integrating visual signals. We contrasted predictions of a social perception and a spatial-temporal integration deficit account. Participants with ASD and matched controls performed two…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Interpersonal Competence